The evening’s main card, which also features Chris Coggins (6-2) vs. Scott Holtzman (2-0) as a co-main event, airs on AXS TV.

Reynolds was expected to face Nick Newell in December for the vacant XFC lightweight title. Instead, he’ll now look to build on recent wins over Luciano Dos Santos and Jonatas Novaes when he takes on Salinas, who in May saw a three-fight win streak snapped when he was knocked out by two-time Strikeforce veteran Mike Bronzoulis.

Coggins, who is also schedule to compete at this weekend’s Bellator 73 event, is 4-1 in his past five outings. He meets fellow Tennesseean “Hot Sauce” Holtzman, who is 2-0 as a professional and has earned both of those wins under the XFC banner.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?